The Palais du Tau in Reims, the Palace of Kings2 Place du Cardinal Luçonreimsfr

Thousand-year-old memories of royal coronations are omnipresent in this ancient bishops' palace in Reims.

For centuries, French kings lived here for their coronation; it is from here that royal processions departed, and after the corination, where the famous feasts would take place in the largt Salle du Banquet.

The "Saint-Ampoule," used for royal coronations since the baptism of Clovis, and the "Talisman of Charlemagne," are the most famous objects in the Treasury of the Palais du Tau.

The monument is also home to original statues from the Cathédrale de Reims, as well as an exceptional ensemble of seventeen tapisseries dating back to the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries.

The Palais is now officially classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.